Sunday, May 30, 2010

As people who actually know me know, I'm in love with U.S. history. As I write this I am drinking tea from an Abraham Lincoln mug, I'm wearing a homemade Ulysses S. Grant ring, and next to me is a book about Teddy Roosevelt. (I'm not making this up) In all honesty, I would be fine with making most of my jewelry/crafts tributes to my dear favorite characters in U.S. History (sidebar: keep your eyes out for Lincoln Leggings, coming out as soon as I pull my screenprinter out from under the table and get back to using it) but I know I have to do more.

Lately I have been influence by my dear boyfriend, and my gang of other friends who are mostly scientists. (as my boyfriend said yesterday, "let's go as each other for Halloween you dress as a scientist and I'll go as an artist!") My boyfriend helped collaborate with my on a few science driven pieces, or has picked out many beads that remind him of science. Like this one:

The Lady Astronaut Necklace found at lokibean.etsy.com

I'm torn, do I pursue a more historical approach within my jewelry, and showcase those presidential hotties like Millard Fillmore and Teddy "Bull Moose" Roosevelt, or do I divert from my path and go another route, science and art and all that hub bub?

I'll continue doing both, a good blend of my life I suppose.

And I'm serious, have you seen photos of Young Teddy Roosevelt? Hottie.

Saturday, May 29, 2010

I have a new etsy store. (www.lokibean.etsy.com) Therefore, I'm going to start keeping a blog to go along with this. Some blogs will be about projects, maybe some tutorials, and probably just about some amazingly awesome stuff I find on the internet.

This is a photo of some of my new products I have made.

Until next time, when I actually have more to blog about then Level 5 in Zelda, which I have been playing all morning....

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I make jewelry + etc for Loki's Jellybeans, which is named after my precious puppy and my childhood nickname. I am a Michigander at heart, but I live in Chicago, work at a museum, and drink a lot of tea and swoon over civil war generals.